Shoe-latch.



BRYNTE BRYNTEsoN, or onEBoLT, iowa.

SHOE-LATCH.

sieciscation of letters Patent. ,Patented Dee. 17, 1912'.

Application filed May 22, 1912. Serial No. 698,884.

To all whom t may concern:

yBe it known that' I, BRYNTE BRYnTEsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Odebolt, in the county of Sac and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvementsfin Shoe-Latches, of which. thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanylng drawings, forming a part thereof. l

The purpose of this invention is to pro-Z vide an improved vtype of -shoe, latch or buckle. I

vIt consists of the features and elements described and shownv in the drawings, as indicated by thejclaim. Y, In the drawings Figurejl is a perspective view of'shoe. provided with latches madeA according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the shoe latch which is the subject of this invention. Fig. 3 is a side ele- Avation of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective bottom View o f one part of the latch. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing themode of unlatching.

Thelatch which is the subjectof this invent-ionconsists of two exactly similar parts,

designed to be attached respectively to thetwoy edges of the I shoe upper, which are usually made separable and which are to be connected for securing the shoe in place. The top planview of Fig. 2 shows the tw'o members connected together, as 'does also the side elevation of Fig. 3, but the form of'each membermay be better .understood by reference to Fig. 4. i

` Each membenis made from aI strip of metal, A, having a transverse'notch, A1, extending about half way across its width near one end. At about the position of this notch, A1, the. strip, A, is offset by an amount approximately equal to its thickness, as indicated atAz; this makes the plane of Vthe notch, A1, inclined to the Vprincipal plane of the member, A. From the point of odset -at A2, the member extends in the oiiset plane for a .distance slightly greater than the length of its terminal portion, A3. Here it .is oppositely Aoffset at A4, bringing the other terminal, A,v into the same plane as the first-mentionedpterminal, A3. An aperture, A, is provided'bin the part, A5, forattachment of the'member toa portion of the shoe. The offset portion, A7, is provided I with a lug, A8, bent.v downwardly from it at one side. The members, A, are arranged in pairs, one member of each `pair being attached to each of the two portions of the rshoe which are to be secured together, any desired number of pairs being employed.

For latching the shoe, the notches, A1, of the 'two latch members are then interlocked with each other, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, the interlocking taking place when the two members are held in planes oblique to each other, as indicated in Fig. 5. The tension inthe parts thus connected being permitted` to .draw the members. into ap roximately the same plane, it will be seen t at the lug,

AB, of each member serves to guard the terminal, A3, of the other member against lateral movement with respect thereto, thus preventing disengagement ofthe notches, A1, and keeping the latch properly locked.

Disconnection is of course accomplished by a reversal of the latching process; that is, by first tilt-ing the members into, respectively, oblique planes, so as -to cause the terminals, A3, to clear the guards, A8, as the notches, A1, are disengaged. Preferably, the con nection t'o the shoe at A `is pivotal in nature; but if by chance the pivots should be too tight-ly inserted, the fiexibility of the shoe itself will ordinarily permit the slight lateral movement necessary for operation of the latches. l

A shoe latch comprising two similar members extending, respectively, from the edges of the shoe body, 'each member comprising a strip having a transverse notch eX- tending approximately half way across it,

-the notches of the two members being adapted to be interlocked for latching the shoe, and each member having at the side toward which" its notch opens a lug projecting vtransversely of its principal plane, adapted to encounter the other member to prevent disengagement of the notches.`

In testimony whereof, I havehereuntolset my hand, at Odebolt, Iowa, this 17 day .of 10(`yl May, 1912.

BRYNTE BRYNTESON.' Y

Witnesses:

S. E. KURTZ, A. AV. STARNER. 

